Monthly Archives: February 2018

Our judges have spoken! The Colony Short Film Festival is pleased to announce our Official Selections for 2018. The Twelfth Annual Colony Short Film Festival will take place at the historic Peoples Bank Theatre in downtown Marietta, Ohio, March 1–3. Our detailed screening and workshop schedule will be released on February 9. Tickets and VIP passes are available at the Peoples Bank Theatre website or by calling 740-371-5152.

The Designer
(Powell, TN)
6:56
Directed by Kevin WinesTom Godett suffers from needing a life. Spend a day with him to find out what a little mystery can bring him.

REDSHIFT
(Huntington, IN)
10:50
Directed by Benjamin CraneAfter a bio-chemical attack renders earth infertile, mankind is forced to colonize mars, and mine the earth of its remaining resources. Among the miners is David Cain, who has grown tired of earth and longs for a new life.

Leaves of Fall
2:52
Directed by Marc WiskemannEven a man made of metal and wire feels the effects of time on his heart.

The Scary Ham
(Chicago, IL)
15:00
Directed by Sue MrozTwo middle-aged sisters sorting through 50 years’ worth of family memorabilia reconnect, as they contend with their late father’s beloved ham.

The Widow Cleans House
(St. Paul, MN)
11:00
Directed by Jared ReiseWhen a recently widowed woman sets about to clean and purge her house, she discovers something in the basement that changes her life forever.

Legacy
(Rome, NY)
9:00
Directed by Mark CasadeiTom never had a chance to hold his son before he passed. Haunted by the decision to leave early that week, tom struggles to come to terms with his decision and the death of his infant son. But when another man interrupts his conversation at his sons grave, he finds it hard to concentrate and is determined to confront the man who is ruining his moment with his only son.

Castle on a Cloud
(San Ramon, CA)
13:20
Directed by Joshua CavalierWes, a loving father, is attending his daughter Felice’s school play with his wife Alice. During intermission, Wes learns on a phone call that Felice is not his biological daughter. When Alice comes looking for him, Wes must determine whether family means something more to him than a bloodline.

Mickey’s Pets
(Evanston, IL)
12:55
Directed by Ashley S. BrandonWith a trusty peacock in tow a young taxidermist must overcome her insecurities to win first place at the U.S. National Taxidermy Championships.

Yuna’s Lunch
(Jersey City, NJ)
15:57
MyeongJin ParkYuna makes lunch box meals and then eats these with her customers. Her most customers are lonely and share a feeling that there is something lacking in their life. One day, She meets Anthony who is delusional and suffers from multiple personalty disorder, and is forced to face her own troubling memories of the past.

FOUR-NINETY
(Holt, MI)
12:00
Directed by Scott A. MagieA pardoned ex-con reluctantly returns to prison as a visitor, but the hardest prison to escape is a hateful heart.

Touching Kids – The story of a conservative children’s show
(Columbus, OH)
13:45
Directed by Peter John RossPeter Politowski saw that there were no children’s shows that represented his conservative values, so he took it upon himself to create a series that got cancelled.

Musicians & Magicians
(New York, NY)
15:00
Directed by Ben WilliamsMeet Henry – a flustered screenwriter who stages his life like a movie, while struggling to hold down a relationship with his girlfriend, Dorry, a down-to-earth therapist.

Imaginary Friends
(Los Angeles, CA)
13:34
Directed by Jason C. BrownA short comedy about a woman, her imaginary friend and the strained relationship between them.

Dakota
(Athens, OH)
16:21
Directed by Brian MacNeelWhen Jace’s cousin, Dakota, visits for the weekend, Jace is more than a little annoyed. If his group of roughhousing friends discover that Dakota is transgender, the damage to Jace’s reputation would be irreparable. When Dakota’s transgender identity is finally revealed, Jace is confronted with a decision: betray his cousin or stand up to his friends and lose face in this small community.

Match
7:00
(São Paulo, Brazil)
Directed by Diana ChaoHappy hour. A guy walks into a bistro and starts swiping left and right on a dating app.A girl goes in and sits by a table next to him. They exchange looks, there’s something real between them. She’s on the same app that he is but then… they match on it.

Zebrafish: Practically People, Transforming the Study of Disease
9:46
(Bethesda, MD)
Directed by Jennifer A. MannerZebrafish: Practically People, Transforming How We Study Disease is a new film that provides an overview of the benefits of Zebrafish as a biomedical research model, in an easy-to-understand, visually-stunning documentary.